Treatment of Melasma on Darker Skin Types: A Scoping Review

Melasma is a challenging chronic skin condition associated with hyperpigmentation and unknown aetiology. This scoping review maps evidence of available treatments their effectiveness in darker types. A comprehensive, systematic online search was conducted Scopus, PubMed, CINAHL Complete, Cochrane, ScienceDirect, Web Science Core Collection. All eligible titles were exported to an EndNote20 library (Clarivate analytics, US). Thematic content analysis performed summarise data on current melasma for The quality included articles appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) 2018 version. total 2863 retrieved from databases, 10 met eligibility criteria following abstract full-text screening. Our findings demonstrate that topical treatments, chemical peels, lasers, tranexamic acid are common treatment modalities used Although these may be effective short term, they bring about undesirable side effects sometimes worsen or result reoccurrences melasma. Based mapped, not suitable There very few studies individuals African descent. Further research necessary investigate interventions user-friendly when dealing